Karen Harris  


Rocky Mountain Sheep by Karen Harris

January 2022 - Rocky Mountain Sheep

About the Image(s)

I took this image in Rocky Mountain National Park this last week. We were in Estes Park to celebrate the New Year. It was a cold day and I had to wait a bit for this fellow to emerge from behind the big boulder covered with snow. I forgot to change my ISO from the evening before so I shot it at ISO1600. I still like the way it turned out. My lens was a 28-300 zoom at 300.


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5 comments posted




Gunter Haibach   Gunter Haibach
Well worth the wait - beautiful animal, nicely photographed. Especially sharp, not an easy thing to do at 300. Assume the ISO1600 gave you a nice, fast shutter speed!
My only suggestion, not a big deal, but the head being in the centre of the image makes it look a bit static - moving it closer to the Rule Of Third, would avoid this little issue.   Posted: 01/14/2022 15:37:19
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Bob Legg   Bob Legg
Karen, you seem to always get nice images of big came at that Rocky Man NP. I see not problems as a result of the higher iso and with wildlife its always better to have faster shutter speed and DoF. I've gone back to images from my older Nikons and LrC does a fantastic job processing them. Not sure if you were shooting in continuous or not but I would of liked the image a little better if there was a little separation between the horn and the snowy rock. A very nice image.   Posted: 01/15/2022 17:15:00



Tim Sanders   Tim Sanders
Karen, a super image made all the more powerful by the simple composition and background.   Posted: 01/17/2022 06:17:39



 
Very nice capture, sharp and the details come out nicely. Well done for shooting from such a distance at 300mm, the ISO worked and has Bob mentioned better have more speed. Perhaps I would try to make the eye pop a little.   Posted: 01/17/2022 08:59:19



Judy Burr   Judy Burr
As usual, you did a great job. It is sharp and shows the details. With wildlife, it it hard to get everything right no matter how many shots one takes. The position doesn't bother me. It would have been nice to see the horn more clearly, but that isn't a biggie either. Well done.   Posted: 01/20/2022 17:58:42